Sentences with phrase «appointed shadow leader»

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When he was appointed shadow chancellor even some MPs who were sympathetic to Corbyn were horrified, believing the caricature of McDonnell, a ferocious short tempered hard left warrior, such a determined revolutionary that he fell out with Ken Livingstone in the 1980s in a dispute on which he was to the insurrectionary left of the GLC leader.

But some of the leader's closest allies hope that the recently - appointed shadow business secretary Rebecca Long - Bailey could step into his shoes if needs be.

Sadiq Khan, who managed Miliband's successful leadership campaign, was appointed Shadow Justice Secretary and Shadow Lord Chancellor, and continuing Deputy Leader Harriet Harman continued to shadow Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, as well as being made Shadow International Development Secretary.

In September 2015, the newly elected Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn appointed Turley as shadow civil society minister in his first shadow cabinet.

When then leader William Hague departed, his successor Iain Duncan Smith appointed May as shadow Secretary of State for transport.

He re-emerged when Harriet Harman, Labour's interim leader after the 2015 general election, appointed Falconer as her shadow justice secretary.

The shadow education secretary has often said he would offer his rival a senior post in his shadow cabinet if he were appointed leader.

A lawyer, Vara became the first black or Asian Tory shadow minister when he was appointed shadow deputy leader of the Commons in 2006.

Shailesh Vara, of Ugandan Asian heritage, became the first black or Asian Tory shadow minister when he was appointed shadow deputy leader of the Commons in 2006.

The Labour leader also appointed Dawn Butler as the shadow minister for black and minority ethnic communities, which means that there are five MPs in the shadow cabinet from the BAME community — the highest ever number.

They include Chi Onwurah, the former minister for culture and the digital economy, who wrote that it was «statistically interesting to say the least» that Labour's leader had made life difficult for two of the very few minority ethnic female MPs; and Pat Glass, who resigned as shadow education secretary in June two days after being appointed, in protest over Corbyn's leadership.

«There's been too much internal focus here on whether the shadow cabinet is elected or appointed by the leader and so on,» the former shadow Europe minister told Sky News.

Peace offerings being discussed include allowing Labour MPs to elect several members of the shadow cabinet, and appointing staffers to the leader's office who are respected by rebel MPs in an effort to improve relations.

[37][38] When Cameron was elected as party leader in December 2005, he appointed Gove as shadow housing spokesman.

Corbyn has proposed that the shadow cabinet be selected on a tripartite basis: a third elected by members, a third by MPs and a third appointed by the leader.

It was presumably why two Conservative party leaders, William Hague and David Cameron, selected me to be shadow attorney general and why Cameron also appointed me as shadow home and then shadow justice minister, and why he, as prime minister, asked me to be solicitor general.

He told the BBC's Westminster Hour: «Every leader has a right to change their team... but it does strike me it has only has been three months since Jeremy Corbyn appointed his shadow cabinet.

The shadow cabinet may be wholly elected, or have all, half or one - third of its members appointed by the leader;

Appointed shadow home secretary, Prior urged Heath to submit himself to early re-election as leader, but he demurred and the delay until February 1975, following the more decisive second Labour election victory in October 1974, proved fatal and sealed Thatcher's triumph.

She was appointed shadow education secretary in 2016 - becoming the youngest - ever holder of that position - and according to the New Statesman has been «increasingly spoken of as a future Labour leader».